Goal $7,000
Vantastic

Vantastic
Fundraising for Cancer Council
Cancer Council
Shitbox Rally Spring 2025
$5,720
Raised
82%
Our Story …

Katie and Garth here, ready to tackle the Shitbox Rally 2025!

We’ve got the mechanical know-how and a fierce love of speed—because who needs sanity when you can have adrenaline, right? We’ll be cruising (or maybe limping) our $1500 van from Alice Springs to Yulara, Oodnadatta, and then all the way to the Gold Coast in Spring 2025.

But here’s the real question: Will our relationship survive the stress of the harsh rally route, or will we end up arguing over whether the van’s weird noises are “normal” or just Vantastic having a meltdown? Spoiler alert: It’s probably both!

We’re raising money for Cancer Council, which is super important to us, and we’d love your help! Every dollar counts in the fight against cancer, so if you can spare anything, we promise to donate it all, as we're not allowed to spend over our $1500 limit which we've met!
Join us on this wild adventure, and let’s see if love, laughter, Kiwi ingenuity and Aussie can do can get us to the finish line!

Thanks for your support! 💖

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Here's what I'm doing …

Shitbox Rally is the adventure of a lifetime challenging participants and their cars, worth no more than $1,500, on a 7 day drive across Australia to raise money for cancer research.

The rally is not a race – it’s a fun, colourful, unpredictable adventure with participants travelling at their own pace in smaller groups. Vehicles often break down but “we never leave anyone behind” and each night is spent camping beneath the stars and celebrating the day’s achievements. It all adds up to an incredible opportunity to see Australia’s vast and beautiful countryside and make lifelong friends, many brought together after experiencing cancer themselves or seeing cancer impact family and friends.

Since it’s inception the rally has been the largest fundraiser for the Cancer Council nationally.

raised: $2,588,034
target: $2,000,000
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1 year ago
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<p>The renovation madness is officially underway! </p><p></p><p>We've ripped out all the internals - and now we're sprucing up the outside to catch everyone's eye for our rally—because who doesn’t love a good makeover? </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, we’re having deep philosophical debates about how to set her up for the rally. </p><p>Should we give her a roof rack for all the snacks or a giant horn that plays “Eye of the Tiger”? </p><p></p><p></p>
1 year ago
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Kaye Heenan gave $200.00.
Praying your shitbox gets you there and back. Have a fun filled trip with lots of love and laughter. Good on you both. Big hearts, big adventures, teeny tiny shitbox 🤣
1 year ago
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Anonymous gave $50.00.
Van life is proof you can live more with less. Best of luck! T
1 year ago
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Melanie Daly gave $100.00.
1 year ago
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Amity DOUGLAS gave $100.00.
Hope you have fun in the Shit Box Rally - Mickey-D Good luck, have a great time in the Shit Box Rally - Reggie How Exciting!! we hope your Shitbox gets you there without too many drama's, have a great time. 🤩
1 year ago
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Jamie Walmsley gave $50.00.
1 year ago
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Maree & Sean Hayes gave $50.00.
Good Luck with your fundraising! Have the best time and can not wait to follow your adventure.
1 year ago
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BBS gave $500.00.
Go danger mouse! You guys are amazing.
1 year ago
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G’day Mate Tourist Park gave $100.00.
Have great fun and enjoy the time away from work! Hopefully the van is fantastic!!
1 year ago
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Chrissy Gorey gave $100.00.
1 year ago
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Bronwyn Crowe gave $200.00.
For all you do 🙂
1 year ago
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Anonymous gave $1,100.00.
Can't wait to see more about the adventures of the Navi-Gator
1 year ago
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Sharon Bliss gave $50.00.
Wish it could be more. Enjoy the rally & good luck with the fundraising - good cause!!
1 year ago
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HNS Building Maintenance PTY LTD gave $250.00.
Not even close to what you are doing for us but it's something
1 year ago
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Centre Contracting gave $500.00.
All the best guys, have a great time!!!
1 year ago
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Pip Leembruggen gave $100.00.
1 year ago
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Antoni Kenski gave $100.00.
Well done you two! A great cause and awesome event. I will be following along vicariously through your adventures!
1 year ago
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Alpitye art studio gave $100.00.
10 months ago
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BEME Movement gave $850.00.
9 months ago
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Ben Scott gave $100.00.
9 months ago
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Chrissy and Ian Gorey gave $100.00.
Have awesome fun on the rally!!
9 months ago
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Bianca Gordon gave $70.00.
Sally bulliednme -hehehe
9 months ago
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Sally Trigg gave $200.00.
Will be with you in spirit
9 months ago
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Barb McIlvain gave $50.00.
Hope things go well. Enjoy yourself and don’t forget your teabags
9 months ago
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Daniela Bravo gave $50.00.
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
8 months ago
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Bianca Gordon gave $50.00.
Have a great time
8 months ago
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Barb Mcilvain gave $200.00.
Go for it!
8 months ago
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Chrissy and Ian Gorey gave $100.00.
8 months ago
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Ted Thompson gave $100.00.
T sly
8 months ago
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Road Right Training gave $100.00.
Have a blast,
8 months ago
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Simon & Hehlee Duke gave $100.00.
Love your work guys!
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The Impact, Outcomes & Charity

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

$59 million over the past 15 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:

  • A research study to develop a vaccine that protects against lymphoma cancers.
  • A research trial to standardise international guidelines on melanoma removal.
  • A research grant to revolutionise the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.